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This chart lists the basic endings for the six prinicpal case forms of nouns and adjectives. Variations of these are the result of applying spelling rules, or several variants of a few specific endings. The endings that have variants are marked with an asterisk in the chart; click the * for details.
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To spell zero (-#), use -ь for stem-final palatalized consonants (дІня — дІнь), -й for stem-final /y/ (задђние — задђний, истћрия — истћрий), and nothing at all after other stem-final consonants (кнќга — кнќг).
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Blank spaces appear in the chart as a result of one or both of the following:
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(1) o-declension noun endings are listed only when they differ from the endings of the #-declension.
This reflects the fact that there is very little difference between the two declensions: if you know one, you know the other, except for the Nominative/Accusative and the Genitive Plural.
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(2) Plural endings are listed only when they differ from those in the upper right-hand block, where adjective and #-declension noun endings are displayed.
This reflects the fact that the 4 declensions of nouns do not differ in the Plural except for certain Nominative and Genitive endings, and also the fact that adjectives make no gender distinctions in the Plural.
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Singular
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Plural
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Adj.
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Noun
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Adj.
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Noun
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#-declension
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Nom.
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-ый/-ћй *
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-#
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-ые
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-ы
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Acc.
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=Nom./Gen.
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=Nom./Gen.
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Gen.
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-ого
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-а
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-ых
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-ов/-ей *
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Prep.
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-ом
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-е
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-ых
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-ах
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Dat.
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-ому
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-у
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-ым
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-ам
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Inst.
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-ым
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-ом
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-ыми
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-ами
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o-declension
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Nom.
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-ое
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-о
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-а
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Acc.
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-ое
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-о
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-а
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Gen.
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-#
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a-declension
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Nom.
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-ая
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-а
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Acc.
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-ую
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-у
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Gen.
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-ой
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-ы
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-#
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Prep.
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-ой
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-е/-и*
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Dat.
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-ой
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-е/-и*
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Inst.
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-ой [-ою] *
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-ой [-ою]*
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ь-declension
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Nom.
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-ая
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-ь
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Acc.
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-ую
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-ь
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Gen.
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-ой
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-и
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-ей
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Prep.
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-ой
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-и
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Dat.
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-ой
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-и
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Inst.
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-ой [-ою] *
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-ью
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Certain minor rules about the Genitive Plural ending -ей for o- and a-declension nouns are omitted here. They are stated in all their complexity in the Appendix to 5000 Russian Words.
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